1649: Elie Wiesel’s fictional trial of God takes place.
1713: Frederick the First of Prussia, grandfather of Frederick the Great, dies.
1759: Authorities attempt to seize all printed copies of Voltaire’s Candide in Paris on the grounds that it is seditious.
1836: The patent for the Colt revolver pistol is granted.
1870: The first African American senator is sworn in.
1932: Adolf Hitler becomes a German citizen.
1952: A solar eclipse is visible in Europe.
1959: The California Vehicle Code is reorganized and adopted.
1968: Hundreds of unarmed North Vietnamese citizens are murdered in the Hà My Massacre.
1965: The insufferable and oddly muscular Carrot Top is born.
1966: Alexis Denisof of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame is born.
1966: Tea Leoni is born.
1971: Sean Astin of Goonies and Lord of the Rings fame is born.
1975: I am born.
1975: Drew Barrymore turns three days old.
(I know you think this is nothing but this is something.)
1975: The West German Constitutional Court criminalizes abortion without justifying indications.
1976: Rashida Jones, arguably the most beautiful person on earth, is born.
Archived Post
This post is archived from my account on li.st, a social media app that shut down in 2017. Some posts have been edited slightly to fix typographical errors and correctly represent the gender of some individuals. You can view the full archive here.